National Westminster Bank Plc v Kitch: CA 14 May 1996

An action to recover an overdraft debt which was secured by a mortgage is not itself a mortgage action. A claim based on a simple contract debt does not cease to be so simply because it is also secured by a charge.

Citations:

Gazette 15-May-1996, Times 14-May-1996, [1996] 1 WLR 1316

Statutes:

Rules of the Supreme Court Order 88 1

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedHopkinson and Others and Birmingham Mid-Shires Building Society v Tupper CA 30-Jan-1997
The plaintiffs appealed from an order striking out their claim for want of prosecution. The defendant’s property had been sold by the mortgagees, and the plaintiffs as assignees of their debt sought to recover the balance outstanding from the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Banking, Litigation Practice, Contract

Updated: 31 October 2022; Ref: scu.84218